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Had an Awesomeeee Vacation in Barcelona :) Thank you Everyone for your advises and especially dear Belsaita :) Have to say that Barcelona is Fantastic ! I stayed in Hotel Monte Carlo , a Fantastic Place to Stay with the Best Staff Ever . And Guys La Ramblas is SAFE . No need for all the Panic I was alone there but never had any Reason not to feel Safe . I used to come back from Diner after Midnight to Hotel and People are Walking Everywhere it is like Being in the Middle of the Day :)

I went to Sagrada Familia a Master Piece of Achievement by Gaudi ! & Park Guell by Metro it is not to be Missed , Went to Montjuic by Metro as Well what a Fantastic Area with all those Gardens and the Museum there is Wowwwwww ! Visited Montserrat with a Special Ticket from Placa Espanya the Basilica inside is Wonderful ! Went to Park de la Ciutadel it is a Magical Place with it is Middle Huge Fountain had the best afternoon there and then Went to Port Vell and Entered the Aquarium it was a very Interesting Experience :) Visited la Pedrera & Casa Batlo as Well Wonderful Places :) Had Diners in Luzia , Bar Lobo , Crema Canella & Cuitat Comtal Don't Miss any of those Places and had the Most Exquisite Italian Gelato at Gelato di Marco ! and Of Course Couldn't go to Barcelona without Tasting the Heavenly Hot Chocolate & Xurros in Cafe Granja Via Der it is Simply Awsome , Ohhh and the Pies at Caelum are Mouth Watering :)

Thank you for your report 176Lilo albeit I disagree a bit with your perception about returning to an hotel in Las Ramblas after midnight. While it's true that there's always people around, that doesn't mean it's "safe". I am very glad you didn't feel threaten at any time, but I dare to say that's only your perception after being there only 3 nights... as I always point out, Las Ramblas is not 'dangerous' but I wouldn't like any female friend of mine walking on her own at 1am over there... been there enough times to know that's better avoided.

This reminds me of a similar situation I had in Cape Town some years ago. I decided to walk from the Waterfront to my hotel downtown after dinner... my South African friends visibly alarmed told me "never to do that again", but honestly, I didn't feel any threat myself... however seeing the face of the person that was "admonishing" me I understood I shouldn't do it again. :))))

it is a beautiful city but as every part of the world it has some lights and shadows.

I met some people scared about Beirut and Lebanon, but I found your country so beautiful when I visited it some years ago, a Montecarlo of the middle east!

I never been to Cape Town, but I don't believe Las Ramblas is so dangerous as Enric says.

I live at the bottom part of Ramblas and I never had any problems even when I was coming back late and alone.

For sure it is better to avoid strange meeting and problems, but I believe the association of http://www.laramblabcn.com/ is trying to do the best to bring back the history and the identity of this famous place. And furthermore, it is responsibility of all of us to make the place. Just avoiding it, it is not the solution, I believe.

Last week I was discussing about the meaning of "Sense of Place" and about Las Ramblas during a conference on sustainable tourism in Barcelona. Such an interesting topics. Enric, maybe next time we talk about it :-)

I said Las Ramblas is not dangerous, I only pointed out that a female solo at 1am is not something I would recommend.

I agree with you, we should all together work towards 'normalizing' the area but are not yet there so the fact remains that's one of the areas of the city with more petty crime so one must not let one's wishes to cloud one's judgement, LOL!!!

out of the pickpocketing problem la rambla is safer at night for women than for men.

i live there too, on top side, and the only problem i got was a night when comming back from the pharmacy for an emergency at 3am a group of 3 prostitutes followed me trying steal my wallet. they are agressive and look for man walking alone, if it is a drunked one better for them.

said that, i feel safer walking back at home when i arrive to la rambla than walking by some of the l'eixample streets where you dont find a single soul.

About what it is really dangerous, travelling in South America and Africa probably gave us a different perspective. Maybe you can't write in Tripadvisor that someone has followed you. I hope you understand what this means :-)

x Enric: with pleasure another piece of cake... we had a little accident some weeks ago but nothing serious, recovering soon! Nice that you missed our presence here :-)

Thank you dear Benny & Herebarcelona , I am happy you've been to my Country :) and yesss Lebanon is Beautiful :)

Welcome dear Mollymalone I am sure you will Enjoy your Trip to Barcelona a lot :)

Dear Enric I 've stayed in Barcelona 5 Nights & 6 Days , my post of course was According to my own Experience there , I was very afraid and worried before going and thought a Taxi would be the best Solution to go back safe from my late diners out , but seriously there was no Need to .

I never felt folowed by anyone or Subjected to any kind of Danger , I simply avoided to reply to any person that tried to approach me on la Ramblas at night and it Worked very well :)

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16 Oct 2014, 05:18

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